Surah Al-Isra • Ayah 68
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Does not the Punishment of Allah come on Land tooAllah says, do you think that by emerging onto dry land you will be safe from His vengeance and punishment, that a side of the land will not swallow you up or He will not send against you a Hasib - which is a kind of rain that carries stones This was the view of Mujahid and others. As Allah says:إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَـصِباً إِلاَّ آلَ لُوطٍ نَّجَّيْنَـهُم بِسَحَرٍ نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا(Verily, We sent against them, except the family of Lut, them We saved in the last hour of the night, As a favor from Us.) (54:34-35) Elsewhere, Allah says:وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ مَّنْضُودٍ(and We rained on them stones of Sijjil, in a well-arranged manner one after another)أَءَمِنتُمْ مَّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الاٌّرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ - أَمْ أَمِنتُمْ مِّن فِى السَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَـصِباً فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ (Do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not cause the earth to sink with you, and then it should quake Or do you feel secure that He, Who is over the heaven (Allah), will not send against you a Hasib Then you shall know how (terrible) has been My warning) (67: 16-17)ثُمَّ لاَ تَجِدُواْ لَكُمْ وَكِيلاً(Then, you shall find no guardian.) no helper to turn the punishment away from you and save you.
اظہار قدرت و اختیار ٭٭رب العالمین لوگوں کو ڈرا رہا ہے کہ جو تری میں تمہیں ڈبو سکتا تھا، وہ خشکی میں دھنسانے کی قدرت بھی رکھتا ہے۔ پھر وہاں تو صرف اسی کو پکارنا اور یہاں اس کے ساتھ اوروں کو شریک کرنا یہ کس قدر ناانصافی ہے؟ «وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهَا حِجَارَةً مِّن سِجِّيلٍ» [11-هود:82] ” وہ تو تم پر پتھروں کی بارش بھی برسا کر ہلاک کر سکتا ہے “ جیسے لوطیوں پر ہوئی تھی، جس کا بیان خود قرآن میں کئی جگہ ہے۔ سورۂ تبارک میں فرمایا کہ «أَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ الْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَمُورُ * أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِي السَّمَاءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ» [67-الملك:16-17] ” کیا تمہیں اس اللہ کا ڈر نہیں جو آسمانوں میں ہے کہ کہیں وہ تمہیں زمین میں نہ دھنسا دے کہ یکایک زمین جنبش کرنے لگے۔ “ کیا تمہیں آسمانوں والے اللہ کا خوف نہیں کہ کہیں وہ تم پر پتھر نہ برسا دے؟ پھر جان لو کہ ڈرانے کا انجام کیا ہوتا ہے۔ پھر فرماتا ہے کہ اس وقت تم نہ اپنا مددگار پاؤ گے، نہ دستگیر، نہ وکیل، نہ کار ساز، نہ نگہبان، نہ پاسبان۔صفحہ نمبر4745
آیت 68 اَفَاَمِنْتُمْ اَنْ يَّخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ الْبَرِّ جب تم جان بچا کر سمند رسے خشکی پر آتے ہو تو پھر اللہ کی نا شکری کرتے ہوئے اس سے منہ موڑ لیتے۔ کیا تمہیں اس بات سے خوف نہیں آتا کہ اگر اللہ چاہے تو تمہیں خشک زمین ہی کے اندر دھنسا دے ؟ کیا خشکی پر لوگوں کو موت نہیں آتی ؟ آسودۂ ساحل توُ ہے مگر شاید یہ تجھے معلوم نہیں ساحل سے بھی موجیں اٹھتی ہیں خاموش بھی طوفاں ہوتے ہیں !اَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوْا لَكُمْ وَكِيْلًاتمہیں معلوم ہونا چاہیے کہ اللہ چاہے تو سنگریزوں والی خوفناک آندھی سے بھی تمہیں ہلاک کرسکتا ہے۔
(2) Secondly, he had said if he was given respite till the day of Qiyamah, he will mislead the entire progeny of 'Adam, except a few of them. That Allah Ta’ ala has elected to answer in the later verses. He said that the Shaitan will have no control over His sincere servants even if he were to rally his entire forces against them and as for the insincere who fall into his trap, they will meet the same fate as his, all consigned to Hell. When this verse (64) mentions the horsemen and footmen of the Shaitanic army, it does not necessarily mean that the Shaitan actually has combat support in that formation. In fact, this is a manner of referring to the full force and power of the Shaitan. And if the Shaitan does have horsemen and footmen actually, even that too cannot be denied. Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: Those who come out in support of disbelief and sin, horsemen or footmen, they are nothing but the army of the Shaitan. Now remains the question as to how the Shaitan came to know that he would succeed in enticing and misleading the progeny of 'Adam (علیہ السلام) ، the basis on which he claimed that he will subdue them. There are two possibilities. Perhaps, by looking at the ingredients that went into the making of man, he had gathered that man would be desire-prone and it would not be difficult to entice him successfully. And then, it is also not far out to believe that his very claim was nothing but a bland lie.As for the sense of: وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِي الْأَمْوَالِ وَالْأَوْلَادِ (and share with them in their wealth and their children - 64), Sayyidna ` Abdullah ibn ` Abbas ؓ said: Wealth and property acquired by false, impermissible and unlawful means or spent on what is haram is the sharing of the Shaitan in it. As for the sharing of the Shaitan in children, it could either be through illegitimacy, or by naming them like disbelievers and polytheists, or by indulging in polytheistic customs to ensure their security, or by taking to Haram sources of income to bring them up. (Qurtubi)
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